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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Archie Tan, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Assignee:
Progressive Blasting Systems, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3185681 ; 318567 ; 31856817 ; 318574 ; 395 80 ;
Abstract
A five-axis robot mechanism for moving an operative device along three rectilinear axes and two rotational axis including a carriage movable along one rectilinear axis, a cart movable on the carraige and a mast assembly having two elongated members movable along a third rectilinear axis. The two elongated members are rotatable together one rotatable with respect to the other to produce movement of the operative device on two rotatable axes. The carriage, cart and mast assemblies are uniquely arranged with respect to each other produce the five-axis desired movement of the operative device.